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The Week In Review
Wed 25th March to Tue 31st March
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
Warwickshire and West Mercia agree £10.5m divorce with £270k write-off
31/03/20 - Warwickshire and West Mercia police forces have agreed a deal to end their partnership. But the conscious uncoupling includes access rights to four service areas until new partners are found. • West Mercia and Warwickshire Police have announced an interim service agreement and settlement to end their seven-year shared service partnership which br
College of Policing publishes updated guidance on new powers
01/04/20 - In a bid to counter claims that forces were being heavy handed, the updated guidance makes clear that enforcement will be the last resort. • The College of Policing has issued the updated advice for frontline officers dealing with people who a
Force confirms death of custody officer who had been self isolating
30/03/20 - Officer had been unwell since Christmas with a chest infection force confirms. • Dorset Police has confirmed the death of a custody sergeant who had been self-isolating at home after displaying symptoms of COVID-19 The officer - who has not been named at this stage - died at his home in Bournemouth just before 10am today, Monda
- 31/03/20 - London's gin makers come to the Met's aid with sanitiser
- 31/03/20 - Flint House suspends on site care but looks to re-purpose facilities
- 01/04/20 - Police Scotland opens recruitment for two new assistant chief constables
- 31/03/20 - Mayor candidate Shaun Bailey on 'London in lockdown' crime trends
- 27/03/20 - Met calls on retired PCs and sergeants to rejoin the force
- 30/03/20 - New Director General of MI5
- 01/04/20 - Forces defend enforcement approach to travel restrictions
- 30/03/20 - 'You can't arrest me, I've got COVID-19' but yes we can'
- 01/04/20 - West Midlands Police Chief Superintendent on a ventilator
- 31/03/20 - Prisoners to be released early in Northern Ireland says Minister
- 30/03/20 - Nottinghamshire complete biggest recruitment in force's history
- 01/04/20 - Online tool launched for victims of crime in nine forces
- 31/03/20 - Lack of children's homes adding to county lines pressure, say councils
- 27/03/20 - Video evidence system to be rolled out to four other forces
- 01/04/20 - Calls to the 101 number are now free as charges are scrapped
- 01/04/20 - New legislation for serious offenders sees end to early release
Features
Head space: dealing with trauma
Officers and other first responders are remarkably resilient people and the use of formal interventions too early after critical incidents may have worse outcomes than doing nothing, warns specialist police psychologist Dr Tracy Lavis. • Police officers and staff are routinely exposed to trauma thro
Comment
Three years is not very long
The service will struggle to deliver the Home Secretary's targets in time for the next election. • “If we haven’t cut crime within three years we will have failed.” This was NPCC lead Martin Hewitt’s reflections at a press conference that followed the Home Secretary&rsqu
- Auditing the uplift: a reality check
- Dangerous offenders: politicians are crying wolf on control measures
Police Humour
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